The horrible sound that the narrator hears is actually his own heartbeat, which grows louder, stronger, and quicker as the narrator becomes more thrilled. This explains why, as his adrenaline began to flow moments before murdering, he could hear his own heart yet mistook it for the elderly man's.
It is to be noted that the above story is culled from Tell-Tale Heart.
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What is Tell-Tale Heart about?</h3>
Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell - Tale Heart" is written in the horror genre.
It depicts murdering someone and then confessing to the police because of a bad conscience.
The purpose of this thesis is to extensively evaluate the narrative, covering its topics as well as literary and rhetorical strategies.
<h3>Who is a narrator?</h3>
The person via whose perspective or paradigm a story is being told is called the narrator.
The narrator could be any of the following types;
- first person
- second person
- third person limited; and
- third person omniscient.
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I would say the correct answer is - <span>But the doctor's four friends had taught no such lesson to themselves. They resolved forthwith to make a pilgrimage to Florida, and quaff at morning, noon, and night, from the Fountain of Youth.
As you already said, allegory is something that tells us a deeper and more important story than what may seem on the surface. So these four people don't just want to go on a pilgrimage and find the Fountain of Youth on a whim - there must be something important behind their decision.
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Explanation:
Intransitive verb............
Alliteration focuses readers attention on a particular section of text. Alliterative sounds create rhythm and mood and can have particular connotations. For example, repetition of the "s" sound often suggests a snake-like quality, implying slyness and danger.
